Women who eat more than 1800 calories a day !!!!

I'm not at 1800 calories yet. Although i do eat over 1800 on days that I workout a lot. But I have my initial calorie goal set to 1700something. It used to be 1540 but I changed my goal to lose 1/2 pound a week instead of 1 pound. I don't think losing a pound a week is reasonable for me anymore... I'm already at a good weight as it is.

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I am planning to start a 3x5 lifting program 3 days per week, but I was going to follow the calorie guidelines of the New Rules of Lifting for Women:
1. Step 1 - weight in kg
2. resting metabolic rate - run this equation: 795 + (7.18 x body weight in kilograms) = resting metabolic rate
3. Step 3 - body mass index - there's a table in the book, so if you don't know your BMI, give me your height (imperial measurements) and your weight (in pounds).
4. Daily activities multipliers - If your BMI is under 25, your multipliers are: a) no workout = 1.6, b) active workout day = 1,8, c) strenuous work and active workout day = 2.0. HERE IS WHAT YOU EAT: on a non workout day, multiply your Step 2 number by 1.6 and on a workout day, multiply your Step 2 number by 1.8. Those are your calories (for non-workout and workout days, respectively).
5. Eat like that for ONE MONTH. Then, you can add in a small deficit, perhaps 300 calories per day.

So, going to try it for one month even though it seems really high-1800 for me on rest days!

I just read through the ENTIRE thread, in the hopes I could find someone in my similar stats. But alas, I was wondering if you all could help me figure out how much I need to be eating.

I'm 19 years old, 53kg (119pounds?) and 5'3. I'm trying to maintain this weight now but I have no idea how many calories I should be eating!
I used to eat 1300/1400 when I was losing, but I was always hungry and it wasn't pleasant.
However, the difference between me and alot of you lovely ladies is I don't think I exercise as much? For the past few weeks (basically since I started maintaining) I've been doing les mills body classes 3 x a week and then maybe another day at the gym just doing elliptical or other machines. Is this enough exercise?
Other than that i think I'm mainly sedentary..

And how much should I be eating?? PLEASE HELP!

Your BMR according to Fit 2 Fat Radio (Harris Benedict Formula) 1379 calories the MFP BMR calculator should be pretty accurate too for those at Goal weight.
Your TDEE according to Fitness frog is 2128
To maintain Fit2Fat Radio recommends the following:

Activity Level / Daily Calories

Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) 1655

Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) 1896

Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2137

Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) 2379

Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.) 2620

You are moderately active from what I am reading. So it seems that 2137 calories should work well to start but each of us need to do a bit of adjustment. What does MFP say for maintenance for you? I would make sure you are eating at your BMR plus your TDEE at least. I am not sure what The multipliers that were given above for women under 35 were for TDEE or loss or maintenance. Good luck finding the right range for you to maintain. I want to say that it is important to work hard to maintain (not gain or lose) for at least 2-3 months to reset your weight. Some suggest a year. So many lose and go off diet and gain or lose for a while and eventually your body will take you to the last weight it was set at. That could be your lst plateau or all the way back. Learning to maintain is as important as losing so good for you for asking a great question.

If others have better answers feel free to post them. Just didn't want to let a good question go unresponded too.

These comments have seriously confused me. I don't know what to think.

I did up my calories to my BMR for a daily minimum after reading all these ideas.

I am having a hard time imagining that it will work out for me as I am still in the less (calories) is more (weight loss). I do find that I sometimes don't eat what I know is good for me (avocado on my chili) only because of the calories. Hopefully the more calories will help me feel like eating more healthy foods and also give me more energy for exercise.

This is exactly what I was doing. Forgoing not only junk but good food for me because of not having enough calories. I do measure higher calorie good food now to make sure I am not going over board but I am including them back in. There are high quality fats that will help you lose and even your insulin. It is stupid for me to cut them out and not get enough calories to be healthy.

Hi, I'm 20 years old and 5foot, I've stayed at around 55kg (120lbs) for around 3 months now! I do 5 days a week of intense exercise but i still want to lose around 10 pounds, but the weight isn't going anywhere, I tried to change my daily calorie goal to maintanance on MFP but they said that was like 1,600 range, is this correct??
Or should I just up my calories to 1,800?

Help would be so appreciated!!

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Thank you for this thread! I changed my settings to the real thing - from sedentary to lightly active ( although I'm thinking I could even go active, I teach dance classes every 2nd day 1,5 hours to 4 hours, have my own 1hr practice every day, plus 1/2hr pilates and 1/2 hr weights ca 3x/week ...but the rest of the time I'm sitting at school or at home... what do you guys think?)
It gives me the calorie goal at 1490 now, which actually feels better than 1200 I did for the last week...

which one did you try?
http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html
it has you at "heavy exercise, if you are working out daily but sedentary at your job.

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My BMR is 1696 My TDee is 2945 so is shooting for 1900 a good bet? Should i aim for 500 to 750 less than TDee?

I think 20% lower on TDE, that would give you 2356.

I think ill try that

I eat anywhere fom 1700 to a little over 2000. I have my goal set to 1760 and to lose 1/2 pound per week currently but I'm switching it to maintenance next week so my goal will be a little over 2000... I think it will be more like 2100. And that is not including exercise.

When I was losing more weight (1 pound per week) I had my goal set to 1540 and it worked magically.